Brian Browne serves as a director on the Campaign and Fundraising Strategy team at BWF. In this role, he helps organizations across a wide range of areas including, but not limited to campaign counsel, managed campaign services, planning studies and assessments, data analysis , prospect development, professional development and training, annual giving, alumni relations, and donor relations.
Brian has a strong career built in philanthropy with many experiences in the higher education sector. Prior to joining BWF, he served as director of volunteer engagement and strategic partnerships at Oberlin College. In his nearly ten years at Case Western Reserve University, he also held several leadership roles including senior director of alumni engagement and stewardship and director of major gifts for the college of arts and sciences as well as director of development for the cancer and stem cell research team to name only a few.
“It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.” Albert Einstein
Brian is a former board member for CWRU Pride, which is his alma mater’s LGBTQ+ alumni network and active participant in the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). He earned his bachelor’s degree from Case Western Reserve University and his master’s degree from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.
BWF is pleased to share key findings and analysis from Giving USA 2024: The Annual Report on Philanthropy . Presented by the research team at the Indiana University Lilly School of Philanthropy and fundraising professionals at Giving USA Foundation, the Giving USA report is the longest-running, most extensive report on philanthropy in the United States. BWF is proud to be a member of The Giving Institute.
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